The club distinguished itself by winning three consecutive German amateur football championships from 1969 to 1971[1] while part of the third division Amateurliga Mittelrhein.

They declined participation in the promotion round for the Regionalliga West (II) in each of these seasons, and instead went on to a record three consecutive national amateur championships.

The club finished bottom in the newly formed Amateuroberliga Nordrhein (III) in 1979 and was demoted to the Verbandsliga Mittelrhein (IV) for a single season.

Between 1975 and 1993, SC took part in play for the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) eight times with their furthest advance coming in 1985 when they were put out in an eighth-final match by Bundesliga (I) side Werder Bremen (2:4).

Jülich played improved football in their next two campaigns, before succumbing to bankruptcy in 1997 when it was discovered that their sponsor was supporting the team using embezzled funds.